Events

We host a variety of events, both in-person and online. Discover our events programme below, and sign up to attend insightful, engaging discussions about books and to meet your favourite authors.

April 2025

Wednesday16th

Kit de Waal - The Best of Everything

16th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday22nd

An Inklings Showcase: Big Ideas in Small Books

22nd April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday23rd

Daniel Gray - Sunday Best

Travels Through the Day of Rest

23rd April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Daniel Gray - Sunday Best at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday24th

Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin - Ordinary Saints

24th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday28th

Lanre Bakare - We Were There

How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain

28th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Lanre Bakare - We Were There at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday29th

Seán Hewitt - Open, Heaven

29th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday30th

Dan Richards – Adventurous Non-Fiction Masterclass

Non-Fiction Writing Masterclass with Dan Richards

30th April 2025, 6:30pm, Class / workshop at The Portobello Bookshop

Dan Richards – Adventurous Non-Fiction Masterclass at The Portobello Bookshop

May 2025

Saturday3rd

Meet Robin Ince - Public Book Signing

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity

3rd May 2025, 3:00pm, Other Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Meet Robin Ince - Public Book Signing at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday7th

Nadine Aisha Jassat - The House At The Edge of The World

7th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday8th

Katie Goh - Foreign Fruit

A Personal History of the Orange

8th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Katie Goh - Foreign Fruit at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday14th

Anne de Marcken - It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

14th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at Online-only

Tuesday20th

Michael Pedersen - Muckle Flugga

20th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday21st

Doug Johnstone - Crime Writing Masterclass

Crime Writing Masterclass with Doug Johnstone

21st May 2025, 6:30pm, Class / workshop at The Portobello Bookshop

Doug Johnstone - Crime Writing Masterclass at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday28th

Madeleine Thien - The Book of Records

28th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday29th

Heather Darwent - A Sharp Scratch

29th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

June 2025

Thursday5th

Charlotte Runcie - Bring the House Down

5th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday10th

Ambrose Parry - The Death of Shame

10th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday12th

Irene Solà - I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

12th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday18th

Freewheeling with Xani Byrne & Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Essays on Cycling - An Independent Bookshop Week Event

18th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Freewheeling with Xani Byrne & Yara Rodrigues Fowler at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday19th

Krystal Evans - The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

How to Survive a Fire and A Chaotic Upbringing (Without Losing Your Sense of Humour)

19th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Krystal Evans - The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp at The Portobello Bookshop

Saturday21st

Making Up Mysteries with Nadine Aisha Jassat

Children's Creative Writing Workshop

21st June 2025, 10:15am, Children's Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Making Up Mysteries with Nadine Aisha Jassat at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday26th

Rachel Ashenden – Art Writing Masterclass

Finding your critical edge in art writing with Rachel Ashenden

26th June 2025, 6:30pm, Class / workshop at The Portobello Bookshop

Rachel Ashenden – Art Writing Masterclass at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday30th

An Evening with V.E. Schwab - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

30th June 2025, 7:30pm, Book Event at Traverse Theatre

July 2025

Tuesday15th

Alice Slater - Let the Bad Times Roll

15th July 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday17th

Elspeth Wilson - These Mortal Bodies

17th July 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

September 2025

Monday8th

An Evening with Ocean Vuong - The Emperor of Gladness

8th September 2025, 7:30pm, Book Event at Assembly Rooms

Previous events:

April 2025

Tuesday1st

Kitchen Table with Emily Cuddeford & Rachel Morgan from Twelve Triangles

Simple Things Made Well

March 2025

Thursday27th

David Keenan - Volcanic Tongue

A Kick up the Arts Live Podcast Recording

Wednesday26th

Papercut Punk - Folk Art Papercutting Masterclass

Folk Art Papercutting Masterclass with Papercut Punk

Thursday20th

Dan Richards - Overnight

Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark

Tuesday18th

Rivers Solomon - Model Home

Thursday13th

Natasha Brown - Universality

Wednesday12th

Lorna Gibb - Rare Tongues

The Secret History of Hidden Languages

Thursday6th

There She Goes: New Travel Writing by Women

Wednesday5th

Emily P. Webber - Mining Men

Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface

February 2025

Thursday27th

Heather Parry - Carrion Crow

Wednesday26th

Chris McQueer - Hermit

Tuesday25th

Eimear McBride - The City Changes Its Face